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REPORT (2024/2028(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor

A-10-2025-0053

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

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Parliament grants discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations. The resolution notes budget implementation, staffing, and calls for improvements in transparency, gender balance, and environmental practices.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the EDPS for implementing its 2023 budget.
  2. Notes the EDPS budget was EUR 22,711,559 in 2023, up 12.06% from 2022, with a commitment implementation rate of 96% and payment rate of 84%.
  3. Calls on the EDPS to avoid legal actions that are manifestly inadmissible and to cooperate with institutions to manage resources effectively.
  4. Expresses concern about increased mission costs and calls on the EDPS to assess their use and reinstate public reporting on missions.
  5. Urges the EDPS to prioritize handling of minors' data, especially in Europol systems, and to finalize investigations on cloud services.
  6. Calls for a gender parity roadmap and better geographical balance in staff recruitment, noting underrepresentation of women in senior management.
  7. Requests the EDPS to provide yearly burnout case numbers and to publicly disclose recusals due to conflicts of interest.
  8. Calls on the EDPS to join the Transparency Register and to inform the discharge authority of the outcome of its internal assessment.
  9. Urges the EDPS to adopt EMAS and report on solar energy share and carbon footprint.
  10. Calls for closer cooperation with OLAF, EPPO, and the Court of Auditors on fraud detection and joint audits on AI-based fraud risks.

Who is affected

  • The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is granted discharge and subject to recommendations on transparency, staffing, and environmental practices.
  • EU institutions and agencies are affected by calls for cooperation and joint audits on fraud and AI risks.
  • Staff of the EDPS are affected by calls for gender balance and reporting on burnout cases.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 22,711,559: final adopted budget for the EDPS in 2023, an increase of 12.06% compared to 2022.
  • 96%: budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2023.
  • 84%: current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2023.
  • EUR 2,517,942.67: amount of carry-overs from 2023 to 2024, 11.08% of total budget.
  • 19 days: average time to pay in 2023, improved from 25 days in 2022.
  • 97.50%: payments processed on time in 2023.
  • 420: complaints received by the EDPS in 2023, 73 admissible and 347 inadmissible.
  • 129: members of staff at the EDPS at the end of 2023.

Legal basis: Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union